![]() ![]() We are led through this new world by Marcos, who, before the “transition” worked at his father’s processing plant slaughtering sheep and cows. Adapting existing processing plants and regulations, people are bred (as animals) for human consumption. The lack of animal meat leads to a rise in cannibalism, with immigrants being killed for their nutritional benefits, and world leaders are forced to act, implementing a legal form of cannibalism. ![]() As a consequence, governments insist on the culling of all pets, clear their zoos and destroy all livestock. Set in the near future, it concerns a world where animals have been infected by a virus that’s made them poisonous to eat. ![]() I included two books originally written in Spanish in my 20 Books of Summer choices so that I could take part, and the first is Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (wonderfully translated from the Spanish by Sarah Moses) which is one of the most effective and terrifying dystopian novels I have read for years. ![]()
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